%0 Journal Article
%T Federally Mandated Nursing Home Resident Assessment: Implications for Activity Professionals
%J Activities, adaptation and aging
%D 1991
%A Perschbacher, Ruth
%V 15
%N 4
%P 21-30
%X Quality of life for individual nursing home residents has become a primary focus for nursing home care. Providing this quality begins with a comprehensive assessment which idenlifies resident strengths and preferences. The federally mandated resident assessment provides a format for interdisciplinary assessments and care plans which are individualized and resident centered. Activity professionals will play a key role in this assessment and its emphasis on the quality of life aspects of residents' lives.<p />
%G 
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0192-4788
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J016v15n04_03